For every Phil Mickelson Masters moment that fuels our optimism and confirms that the sporting fates have a firm sense of morality, there are at least as many examples of the contrary. Episodes where Lady Luck jilts the White Knight, and instead shacks up with the leather-clad Lothario that plays by nobody's rules.
Not even his own.
(Bonus points if you recognize that bit of hybrid pilferage).
Case in point of this latter blight would be the San Francisco Giants' three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers that just concluded on Sunday.
In truth, there isn't anything too inherently repugnant about this version of the Bums.
For all the publicity and ink wasted on Manny Ramirez, the club is defined by its younger sluggers and a couple sparkling arms on the mound.
Matt Kemp and his brimmin ...
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San Francisco Giants Foresaken by the Baseball Gods in the City of Angels
Posted: 19th April 2010 by Andrew Brining in MLBComments Off on San Francisco Giants Foresaken by the Baseball Gods in the City of Angels